COMS

Northern Illinois University
16,257 grades65 courses74 professors10 terms

Department inferred from the subject code on each course. Northern Illinois University does not publish a department field with its grade records.

2.84
average GPA across 16,257 grades
−9% vs. Northern Illinois University overall (3.13)
69%
A or B
of 16,257 grades
19.3%
D, F or withdrew
of 17,019 enrolled
A40.5%
B28.5%
C15.6%
F10.1%
Every term against the 2.84 department average 10 terms
Spring 2022Spring 2026
Most taken
Courses with a grade record · 65
CourseDistributionGPAvs. deptGrades
100 level1 course
COMS 100 · Fund of Oral Communication
2.66 −6% vs. dept 9,307
200 level5 courses
COMS 230 · Rhetoric and the Media
2.92 +3% vs. dept 148
COMS 251 · Intro Media Studies
3.41 +20% vs. dept 193
COMS 252 · Intro Comm Studies
2.59 −9% vs. dept 356
300 level19 courses
400 level27 courses
COMS 400 · Rhetorical Theory
2.72 −4% vs. dept 39
COMS 401 · Crit of Public Rhet
2.75 −3% vs. dept 120
COMS 402 · Group Communication
2.69 −5% vs. dept 71
COMS 403 · Freedom Speech & Comm Ethics
2.55 −10% vs. dept 193
COMS 404 · Communication Theories
2.68 −5% vs. dept 76
COMS 405 · Relational Communication
2.70 −5% vs. dept 120
COMS 410 · Comm and Gender
3.28 +15% vs. dept 98
COMS 419 · Political Comm America
2.67 −6% vs. dept 125
COMS 433 · The History of Animation
3.18 +12% vs. dept 44
COMS 455 · Media Law and Ethics
2.59 −9% vs. dept 239
COMS 461 · Organizational Dynamics
3.44 +21% vs. dept 16
COMS 465 · Computr-Mediated Com
3.27 +15% vs. dept 59
COMS 466 · Narrative Scriptwriting
3.56 +26% vs. dept 64
COMS 480 · Comm & Conflict Management
2.49 −12% vs. dept 73
COMS 496R · Sp Tpcs in Rhetoric
3.68 +30% vs. dept 62
600 level12 courses
700 level1 course
COMS 760 · Seminar in Rhetoric
3.69 +30% vs. dept 13
15 more COMS courses appear in the catalog with no grade record yet.
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